2016

7 posts

Otto-Maximilian Jandl (2016) Urbanisation puts tremendous stress on road infrastructure. Consequently, innovative solutions to cater for the growing population and subsequent need for increased transport of goods and waste in urban areas need to be explored. A modal shift from road transportation to inland waterway transportation can be beneficial for […]

Lindsay Berg (2016) Organizations have the potential to increase their output by increasing the engagement of their employees. However, in order to do so there must be alignment between personal values, current organizational values and desired values for where the organization intends to go. Unfortunately, this lack of alignment is […]

Amanda Blomqvist, 2016 This thesis was conducted within the Challenge lab with the purpose of finding a mobility service that can function as an alternative to a private car in the developing area Frihamnen in Gothenburg city. The thesis describes a transport service package aimed to enable the new Frihamnen […]

Elisabeth Böber, Maria Julia Cardoso Martins (2016) This thesis was written in Challenge Lab, a hub for integrative and transformative thinking at Chalmers University of Technology, where students are in the centre of academia, private, and public sector, acting as change agents to tackle sustainability development challenges. Through analysing the […]

David Esteban, Ivo Jaanisoo (2016) The global climate challenges and growing discrepancy between the availability and demand for natural resources have driven many industries to alter their practices. The construction industry is highly responsible for climate impact and natural resource usage. The pressure for the industry to change is apparent […]

Aako Raoofi, 2016 The concept of sustainable development has failed to make radical changes in today’s behavior. This concept has not been incorporated into the engineering practices. Change over time is certain what those changes would be is uncertain. Lock-ins in existing socio-technical system are strong barriers against radical changes. […]

Applying sustainable development in the urban transportation system demands a transformative and integrative intervention in many different areas. In this thesis two successive processes, Phase I and Phase II, were conducted in order to investigate opportunities for sustainable development in the urban transport system. During Phase I the research question of this thesis was […]